INFAMOUS QUOTES DEPT.: Lindsey Graham stands out as vermin even in a field packed with crooks and sociopaths

Thank you, Patrice Greanville, for this subject matter – this is excellent. I cannot agree more with your characterization of Lindsey Graham.

Lindsey Graham, in my opinion, is the epitome of situational-ethics and opportunism. He is vile, venal, and a huckster.

Lindsey is akin to a modern-day cruel slaver (such as the villain and antagonist: Calvin J. Candie, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, in the movie – Django Unchained).

This is the perfect day – Memorial day 2023 – to juxtapose my father (a Full-Bird Colonel in the USAF) to Lindsey Graham (Colonel) – Memorial day 2023.

My father’s duty in WWII: OPERATIONS
Participated in operations preparatory to the Normandy invasion by attacking V-weapon sites,
bridges, coastal defenses, marshaling yards, and airfields, Apr-Jun 1944. Hit strong points in France on D-Day and assisted ground forces throughout the remainder of the Normandy campaign by bombing fuel dumps, defended areas, and other objectives. Engaged in bombardment of German forces in the region of St Lo during the Allied breakthrough in Jul. After moving to the Continent in Aug, struck enemy positions at St Malo and Brest and bombed targets in the Rouen area as Allied armies swept across the Seine and advanced to the Siegfried Line. Began flying missions into Germany in Sep, attacking such targets as bridges, defended areas, and storage depots. Struck the enemy’s communications during the Battle of the Bulge (Dec 1944-Jan 1945) and received a DUC for a mission on 23 Dec 1944 when the group withstood heavy flak and fighter attack to sever a railway bridge at Eller, a vital link in the enemy’s supply line across the Moselle. Continued to support the Allied drive into Germany until Apr 1945.
My dad was a Bombardier in a B-26 Martin Marauder.

Lindsey Graham’s duty in WWII: NONE
The Post shows that as a military reservist, Graham was promoted despite doing almost nothing and that he misrepresented his military service. For his part, Graham tells the Post that while he doesn’t mean to “pat myself on the back, Colonel Graham will put my entire record up against anyone who has ever served.”

[A] detailed examination of Graham’s military record — much of it obtained under the Freedom of Information Act — shows that the Air Force afforded him special treatment as a lawmaker, granting him the privileges of rank with few expectations in return.

During his first decade in Congress, the Air Force promoted Graham twice even though documents in his military personnel file reveal that he did little or no work. Later, the Pentagon gave the military lawyer a job assignment in the Air Force Reserve that he highlighted in his biography for several years but never performed.

After his election to Congress in 1994, Graham “rarely put on his uniform.” From January 1995 through January 2005, Graham averaged less than a day and a half of service per year, according to the Post. Graham pompously refers to this time as the “wilderness years” of his military service.

In 1998, he made lieutenant colonel in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. Six years later, he was promoted to colonel. The Post reports that, as an unpaid officer in the Air Reserve, Graham was not required to serve a fixed number of hours, according to Air Force officials. However, in eight of the ten years in question, Graham failed to achieve what the Reserve considered “satisfactory service,” or the minimum number of hours to qualify for a pension credit. Not the stuff of two promotions, one would have thought.

To make matters worse, Graham misrepresented his military service for years. Graham doesn’t deny the misrepresentation. In fact, according to the Post, he acknowledged that he “never went” to Maxwell Air Force Base and didn’t serve as an instructor for the school. “I actually did zero,” he said with a chuckle. Graham says he listed non-existent service at Maxwell to cover his “war zone missions” in Iraq and Afghanistan, which he did not want to publicize. This makes me chuckle.

Graham’s trips to Iraq and Afghanistan were widely publicized and Graham himself talked about them. From all that appears, Colonel Graham did not deserve his post 1995 promotions. But you can’t deny that he carried plenty of water for his JAG superiors.

Lindsey Graham, you should shut your mouth. Every time you open it you simply validate the fact that you are a fraud, a liar, and a colossal piece of excrement.